True Lies was a fun, light hearted, attempt by Arnold to be James Bond, but it really wasn't that great of a film. Schwarzenegger was just savvy enough to realize that people liked it when he played against the action figure character he had previously become. Clearly he saw how well Twins and Kindergarten Cop did and he realized that a …
True Lies was a fun, light hearted, attempt by Arnold to be James Bond, but it really wasn't that great of a film. Schwarzenegger was just savvy enough to realize that people liked it when he played against the action figure character he had previously become. Clearly he saw how well Twins and Kindergarten Cop did and he realized that a lighter image was the way to box office success... which worked until Jingle All the Way was just too dumb. Apparently people really liked True Lies though or CBS wouldn't be reviving it as a TV series. And of course it fits right into the CBS canon, take a washed up star with name appeal, surround them with a bunch of young actors and bam, you have a show. Except this time, it's not even the star actor, it's just the title that has name appeal.
True Lies was a fun, light hearted, attempt by Arnold to be James Bond, but it really wasn't that great of a film. Schwarzenegger was just savvy enough to realize that people liked it when he played against the action figure character he had previously become. Clearly he saw how well Twins and Kindergarten Cop did and he realized that a lighter image was the way to box office success... which worked until Jingle All the Way was just too dumb. Apparently people really liked True Lies though or CBS wouldn't be reviving it as a TV series. And of course it fits right into the CBS canon, take a washed up star with name appeal, surround them with a bunch of young actors and bam, you have a show. Except this time, it's not even the star actor, it's just the title that has name appeal.